Essays Tagged: "herbicides"

Peregrine Falcon

Pesticide production plants should be destroyed and replaced by herbicide production plants, since herbicides are much less dangerous than pesticicdes. The pesticide employees should be reassigned to ...

(1 pages) 36 1 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Can science feed the world?

The answer to that is; insect-borne diseases, the pests, and the misuse and overuse of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and water. The input of these into the environment has led to environmenta ... se protective genes into crops! This process will stop the farmers from using harmful pesticides or herbicides, because they won't have a reason to use them and soon there won't be a misuse or overuse ...

(2 pages) 56 2 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Weed Control and Prevention.

a yard look bad. There are many ways this can be accomplished. One way would be to use store-bought herbicides, which can be harmful to people and pets, as well as many insects beneficial to a healthy ... n lose to the natural weed killers, mainly because of the huge cost difference and how most natural herbicides are economically safe. So, in conclusion, weeds are no match for the powers of natural herbicides.

(3 pages) 41 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Genetically Engineered Foods-Are They Really Helpful?

chniques. These plants have been modified to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides and pests. Growing genetically modified foods such as corn help eliminate chemical pestic ... resistant to a powerful parasite could help prevent environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed (Whitman 2000). These corn crops can greatly help the environment. Some crops are ...

(5 pages) 135 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Article review from Scientific American. Author discusses genetic crop modification and addressses long term impact on the environment

sts because they produce their own toxins, and those which can tolerate awide range of weed-killing herbicides in place of harsh pesticides designed to target specificspecies. Benefits of genetic modi ...

(2 pages) 52 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Genetically Engineered Foods: Friend or Foe, Debate on whether GEFs should be banned or not with solutions to todays food problem.

chniques. These plants have been modified to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides and pests. Growing genetically modified foods such as corn help eliminate chemical pestic ... resistant to a powerful parasite could help prevent environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed (Whitman 2000). These corn crops can greatly help the environment. Some crops are ...

(5 pages) 175 1 3.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Incredible Health

eaten should be pure; without having been genetically modified or grown with the use of pesticides, herbicides, hormones, antibiotics, insecticides, etc... These chemicals, carcinogen, and poisons are ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

THE ENVIRONMENT

sed by the poisonous gases man set into the atmosphere. Chemicals in pesticides killed animal life. Herbicides destroyed plants. The balance of nature was disturbed.It is only now that we are waking u ...

(1 pages) 46 1 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Monsanto

food ingredients. Within these business entities, Monsanto has a wide range of products, including herbicides (Roundup), pesticides (DDT), agricultural biotechnology (BST), pharmaceuticals (Nutraswee ... about the potential creation of super bugs and super weeds, which would be resistant to the current herbicides and pesticides. If this were to happen Monsanto would be forced to create an even more po ...

(6 pages) 91 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Genetically Modified Food

sects which are on the land or property. The goal of the farmer's is to resist the diseases, pests, herbicides and etc; But in other words, it refers to as producing more with the same amount of land. ...

(3 pages) 105 0 3.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

Effects of the American Air War in Vietnam

he effects on eco systems, and the effects on humans. I referred to this book for information about herbicides and defoliants the most. I was able to research the volume of chemicals used by the U.S. ... Agent Orange, Agent Blue, and Agent White. The article provides the chemical composition of several herbicides and defoliates used by the U.S. military. I also referred to this article for a detailed ...

(5 pages) 44 0 4.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

GE Foods: Are organics really a better solution?

desired traits and then clone them. The results include a plant that is resistant to insect damage, herbicides and disease, and recombinant, thus mass reproducible. GE foods could solve world hunger a ...

(2 pages) 60 4 3.4 Dec/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering: Consequences of Playing God

es this entail? While the aim is to introduce new characteristics such as making crops resistant to herbicides, what of other unwanted and unpredicted side effects? Scientists have no more understandi ... or centuries. Genetic engineering could be utilized in plants, making them more resistant to pests, herbicides, viruses and even drought (Milano) or even control dieses-spreading organisms like insect ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Herbicides: The Never Ending Battle

�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Jacobson Herbicides: The Never Ending BattleErik JacobsonU.S. History (H)Mr. TraceyApril 29th 2007Research Qu ... g BattleErik JacobsonU.S. History (H)Mr. TraceyApril 29th 2007Research Question: How did the use of herbicides during the Vietnam War affect American and Vietnamese Society at the time, and how has it ... impacted society today?Thesis: Despite the scientific knowledge of the effects, an extensive use of herbicides during the Vietnam War had a detrimental impact on society in Vietnam and America during ...

(16 pages) 60 0 4.8 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Environmental case analysis

l of scientist is to create a plant or animal which reproduce specific traits such as resistance to herbicides and insects that will with luck give desired results to farmers and us the consumers.Whil ... ng the list of concern, be it good or bad where GMO’s are concern consist of food, pesticides, herbicides, pharmaceutical, and insect control are among the wide debate over genetically altered fo ...

(4 pages) 92 0 3.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Environmental Case Study Paper

by scientist creating a plant or animal in which will reproduce specific traits as in resistance to herbicides and insects that will enable a plant or animal to stand up and not get sick or die. The g ...

(6 pages) 104 0 5.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Environmental Case Study

by scientist creating a plant or animal in which will reproduce specific traits as in resistance to herbicides and insects that will enable a plant or animal to stand up and not get sick or die. The g ...

(6 pages) 62 0 5.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Alligator Weed

idal treatment is noteffective at all in controlling the spread of thisnoxious weed, partly because herbicides break upthe plant into small fragments which can float intonew areas, and re-establish.An ...

(2 pages) 32 1 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Legalization of Marijuana

s are sprayed just on cotton (NAIHC). It also grows tightly spaced, out-competing any weeds, making herbicides not necessary. So in turn it is more environmentally sound than cotton since you don't ha ...

(11 pages) 56 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Food Market

hs have been customized in the laboratory to improve preferred character such as enlarged battle to herbicides or better dietetic contented. The enrichment of beloved behavior has usually been underta ... rd the surroundings by growing capitulate and plummeting confidence leading chemical pesticides and herbicides. Yet there are many challenges in front for governments, particularly in the areas of sec ...

(10 pages) 21 0 0.0 Nov/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management